Sentence examples for measures from being from inspiring English sources

Democrats have long complained that Republican obstruction has kept even the most routine measures from being dealt with in a timely manner.

The royalists, hoping that they would soon be able to restore the monarchy, instigated a revolt in Paris to prevent these measures from being put into effect.

Administration officials said on Friday that they were attending the meeting only to prevent measures from being adopted that might saddle the United States with indirect costs or create harmful precedents.

The United States attorneys in Denver and Seattle responded with nearly identical statements, offering no clue on whether they would sue to block the measures from being put into effect.

The United States, which in advance of the meeting had favored a relatively strong proposal to protect a nation's tobacco control measures from being challenged as violations of trade agreements, offered a weaker proposal in Brunei.

And if they're not, what's to stop such "enhanced" measures from being taken again?

In the Senate, Democratic opponents stopped short of threatening a filibuster, which might be their only hope of stopping the measure from being passed.

Advocates of easing restrictions said they had taken steps to prevent the travel measure from being stripped away again in conference committee.

On the other side, Senator Mitch McConnell, who is from coal-dependent Kentucky, promised to prevent the measure from being carried out.

Though the proposals to enact the cuts were overwhelmingly rejected, the debate kept the measure from being moved forward and frustrated House leaders who want to make progress on the spending bills.

2. Increase the number of competitors tested, in competition, out-of-competition, and especially immediately before or after a race to prevent counter-measures from being employed.